Word: fidlerism
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...found an exciting new interest-the war. Before the invasion of France most Hollywooders began (and ended) their reading of the press with the movie columns. Now they are beginning to bend an ear toward Roosevelt, Churchill and Reynaud with as much respect as toward Louella Parsons or Jimmie Fidler...
Only attempt to part the war clouds was the opening of Don Dickerman's Pirate's Den around the corner from Slapsie Maxie Rosenblooms screwball restaurant. Under festoons of fish nets and anchor chains Stockholders Rudy Vallee, Fred MacMurray, Errol Flynn, Jimmie Fidler (in pirate costume), Johnny Weissmuller, Ken Murray (in pirate costume) and others fed (at $7.50 a head) decorative celebrities and the prominent press. Among the 400 eaters: Hearst's Polly Prying Louella Parsons, Columnists Ed Sullivan and Jimmie Fidler, Comic Jack Benny, Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen (his balding head swathed in a pirate...
...ready for a gasp for the satin gown Oomph Sheridan wears in "It All Came True" so tight she can't sit between scenes." Jimmy Fidler, Hollywood...
Radio's glibbest cinemagpie is Jimmy Fidler, whose broadcasts of Hollywood gossip are sponsored by Procter & Gamble Co. (Drene Shampoo). Last week Cinemactress Constance Bennett de la Falaise de la Coudraye sued Fidler, sponsor, et al. for libel, asking $250,000 damages. Flip Fidlerism: that Connie had snubbed Comedienne Patsy Kelly on a Hal Roach set; that studio workmen, Patsy's pals, bought flowers for her, none for Connie...
Harvard: Nichols, Wallace, g.; Fidler, l.f.b.; Skinner, Chase, Gray, r.f.b.; Kellogg, Skinner, Roosevelt, l.h.b.; Streeter, c.h.b.; Thacher, Hall, r.h.b.; Kandoian, l.o.f.; Kelley, l.i.f.; Clarke, c.f.; Seeman, Knox, r.i.f.; Fraley, Perry, Russell, r.o.f...